@Lomaxcat @DrTCombs The beds of modern pickups have actually shrunk quite a lot (and as someone else mentioned, since they are so tall it is harder to actually get stuff onto the bed). So they're a lot less useful for what you'd actually want a pickup truck for.
Pretty good article on the subject here:
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/pickup-trucks-f150-size-weight-safety
Axios · How pickup trucks became so imposing